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The Oxford Project
I just finished reading Denison, Iowa which is a great cultural and anthropological study of one American town. It’s not just about the town, but it’s about us, as Americans as we move well into the...
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Technology frees our minds?
Worth reading is this well written response to Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” which I wrote about before. In his piece, Damon Darlin, says that instead of it making us stupid it frees...
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Professor Wikipedia
Thought this video was worth sharing: Meet Professor Wikipedia. Posted in Video Tagged: Wikipedia
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Emailing while inebriated just got a bit harder
I know I haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve been busy with a lot of classes on top of having a social life. And, this isn’t the first post for a particular reason. It’s just funny enough that I...
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Lessig on copyright in politics
Lawrence Lessig has a nice op-ed in the New York Times on the importance of fair use/copyright in the political realm. Here’s the quote that I think is most important: The digital copyright act gives...
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Facebook Friends & Invitations
This piece from the New York Times was worth sharing because it’s kind of what I’ve always suspstected – that people have an inordinate number of “friends” on facebook. In reality, these friends are...
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Librarian = Keeper of Books
I thought this job ad was funny because the title is “Head of Science and Medical Library Services & Keeper of Scientific Books.” No, I’m not looking for a new job, I just get them in my RSS feed....
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Cory Doctorow – Copyfighting
This fantastic piece by Cory Doctorow describes copyright and the problems he sees with it. Here are a few passages worth sharing: There’s a word for all the stuff we do with creative works — all the...
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Plagiarism in music
Earlier this month there was news that Joe Satriani was suing Coldplay for plagiarising one of Satch’s songs. Not surprisingly this was very interesting to me since plagiarism is a big deal for...
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Britannica becoming Wikipedia
Not surprisingly, the Encyclopedia Britannica is trying to become Wikipedia by allowing users to edit Britannica entries. There’s a catch though. Unlike Wikipedia which will allow anonymous edits to...
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